Foot-warmer.



PATE'NTED SEPT. 3 ,1907.

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CHARLES HURLBUT WHITAKER, OF BORDENTOWN, NEW JERSEY.

FOOT-WARMER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 3, 1907.

Application filed August 11, 1906. Serial No. 880,244.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES I'IURLBUT WHITAKER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Bordentown, in the county of Burlington andState of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Foot-Warmer, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved foot warmermore especially designed for use in carriages and other vehicles andplaces, and arranged to permit the use of lap robes without danger ofsetting tire to the same or causing overheating.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, whichwill be more fully described hereinafter and then pointedout in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is repre;

sented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of thisspecification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the views.

Figure l is a perspective view of the improvement, and Fig. 2 is asectional side elevation of the same.

On a, suitably constructed base A is secured the font B of a lantern Bof any approved construction, preferably, however, of the Dietz ortubular type, as illustrated in the drawings.

The lantern B is provided with a suitable burner B a chimney B restingat its lower end on the chimney supporting plate Bcarried by the burnerB The foot warmer proper consists of a copper or other metallic heatinduction plate C having its middle portion 0 bent into an invertedU-shaped form and extending within the chimney B and over the flame ofthe burner, so that the heat thereof heats the said middle portion G.The side arms of the middle portion 0 extend downward throughthesupporting plate B to the outside of the lantern, and the lower ends ofthe said side arms terminate in outwardly extending flanges C overlyingthe top of the base A and, preferably, covered by metallic coveringplates D. Now, when the lantern is in use the heat of the flame of theburner B heats the middle portion 0 and this heat is conducted to theoutside of the lantern and to the flanges G which in turn heat thecovering plates D, and hence when a person places the feet on the saidcovering plates D, it is evident that the feet are heated from the heatemanating from the flanges O and the covering plates D.

From the foregoing it willbe seen that the plate G has a heat receivingportion within the chimney B of the lantern and heat delivering portionsoutside of the lantern and below the flame of the burner.

The device shown and described is very simple and durable inconstruction and can be readily applied to various forms of lanterns asnow used.

By having the flanges C a distance from or below the flame of the burnerit is evident that perfect safety is insured, and the foot warmer can bereadily set into carriages or other vehicles and used with perfectsafety, at the same time allowing the use of lap robes so as to keep theperson perfectly warm in the lower extremities, as the heat radiatingfrom the lantern itself serves to heat the legs on opposite sides of thelantern.

The base A is made of wood or other non-heat-conducting material toprevent radiation and loss of heat in a downward direction and thusallowing all the heat of the heat conducting plate 0 to pass to thecovering plates D on which rest the feet of the user.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. .A foot warmer, comprising a base, a lantern mounted thereon, aU-shaped conducting plate arranged above the flame, the arms of theplate extending outside of the Ian tern and resting on the base.

2. A fcot warmer, comprising a base, a lantern mounted thereon, aconducting plate extending over the flame of the lantern and to theoutside thereof, the exterior portion being on top of the base, andcovering plates attached to the base and extending over the outerportions of the conducting plate.

3. A foot warmer, comprising a base, a lantern mounted thereon, and ametal plate having an inverted U-shaped heat-receiving portion withinthe lantern and heated by the flame thereof, the metal plate also havingan exterior portion resting on the said base.

4. A foot warmer, comprising a base, a lantern mounted thereon, and ametal plate having an inverted U-shaped heat receiving portion withinthe lantern and heated by the flame thereof, the lower ends of the saidheat receiving portion terminating in heat delivering flanges extendingin opposite directions from the lantern and overlying the top of thesaid base.

5. A foot warmer provided with a lantern, and a metal plate having aninverted U shaped heat receiving portion and heat delivering flanges,the said heat receiving portion having its middle part extending overthe flame of the burner within the chimney of the lantern, and the sidearms of the said heat receiving portions extending downward on oppositesides of the flame and through the bottom of the lantern burner to theoutside of the lantern, the said side arms terminating in the saidflanges extending outwardly in opposite directions from the saidlantern.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES HURLBUT WHITAKER.

